Many of us assume that we need to make drastic changes to our
habits, routines and/or bank balances to be happy. In reality, however,
that's not the case. Often, we already have everything we need to enjoy
life-it's just a question of prioritizing what's really important. Here
are 15 simple ways you can enjoy your life more, starting today!
1. Focus on yourself
Other people will always be on hand to offer up their opinions and advice. Ultimately, however, it's we, and we alone, that have to live with the consequences of our decisions.
Other people will always be on hand to offer up their opinions and advice. Ultimately, however, it's we, and we alone, that have to live with the consequences of our decisions.
2. Make time to relax
Making time to relax and reconnect with ourselves leaves us better equipped to deal with more challenging periods.
Making time to relax and reconnect with ourselves leaves us better equipped to deal with more challenging periods.
3. Avoid the news
It's all too easy to get sucked into public drama, online and offline. Trust that if something important happens, you'll know about it. Otherwise, save yourself energy and spend your time on something more worthwhile.
It's all too easy to get sucked into public drama, online and offline. Trust that if something important happens, you'll know about it. Otherwise, save yourself energy and spend your time on something more worthwhile.
4. Nurture your positive relationships
Make time to nurture the positive relationships you have with friends and family. Identify the people who lift you up and focus your energy on them.
Make time to nurture the positive relationships you have with friends and family. Identify the people who lift you up and focus your energy on them.
5. Meet new people
Community is one of the most important needs we have. Making a consistent effort to meet new people helps us fulfill that need and introduces us to new ideas and perspectives.
Community is one of the most important needs we have. Making a consistent effort to meet new people helps us fulfill that need and introduces us to new ideas and perspectives.
6. Explore new places
New places and cultures offer a different perspective on the world and add a healthy dose of inspiration and possibility to our lives.
New places and cultures offer a different perspective on the world and add a healthy dose of inspiration and possibility to our lives.
7. Keep a wish list
Whenever you think of something you'd like to try, or a place you'd like to visit, write it down and keep a collection. It keeps the dream alive and stops it fizzling out as a forgotten thought.
Whenever you think of something you'd like to try, or a place you'd like to visit, write it down and keep a collection. It keeps the dream alive and stops it fizzling out as a forgotten thought.
8. Try new things
Commit to trying a certain number of items from your wish list each year to make sure they don't just stay as wishes.
Commit to trying a certain number of items from your wish list each year to make sure they don't just stay as wishes.
9. Spend money on experiences, not possessions
It's experiences, not possessions, that create memories and meaning.
It's experiences, not possessions, that create memories and meaning.
10. Cut down your junk
Physical clutter equals mental clutter; reducing the amount of stuff around us fosters a calmer mental state, too.
Physical clutter equals mental clutter; reducing the amount of stuff around us fosters a calmer mental state, too.
11. Make time for gratitude and appreciation
Creating a routine of writing down three things we feel grateful for each day helps us focus more on what we're grateful for in life.
Creating a routine of writing down three things we feel grateful for each day helps us focus more on what we're grateful for in life.
12. Track how you're spending your time
It's easy to get to the end of a day and wonder where all the time went, so track how you spend your time in an average week. When we're conscious of how we're spending our hours, we can make the most of the time we have on this planet.
It's easy to get to the end of a day and wonder where all the time went, so track how you spend your time in an average week. When we're conscious of how we're spending our hours, we can make the most of the time we have on this planet.
13. Be deliberate in your choices
We've never had so many opportunities to create a lifestyle that we truly love, yet many of us still live life on autopilot. Be deliberate in your life choices: remember that it's your life and no-one else's.
We've never had so many opportunities to create a lifestyle that we truly love, yet many of us still live life on autopilot. Be deliberate in your life choices: remember that it's your life and no-one else's.
14. Invest in yourself
The more self-aware and self-accepting we are, the happier we are. Make time to read personal development books, journal, and focus on being compassionate towards yourself.
The more self-aware and self-accepting we are, the happier we are. Make time to read personal development books, journal, and focus on being compassionate towards yourself.
15. Remember that all feelings pass
A key part of enjoying life is accepting that we're not going to feel 100% happy 100% of the time. During the more challenging times, remember that life is one big cycle of ups and downs, and remember that all feelings pass.
A key part of enjoying life is accepting that we're not going to feel 100% happy 100% of the time. During the more challenging times, remember that life is one big cycle of ups and downs, and remember that all feelings pass.
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